New World Order Is Not Static

(Just because) Richard Falk says, “no law was broken, or widely endorsed moral position affronted” (Al Jazeera’s English service), the world order now supports more the right to insult other’s religion or point of view, than to force people to curb their personal “emotional” reaction to create a new order (where peace and productivity to other goals by working together for common good) would prevail.

Maybe in a future”perfect world”, or a less hostile one, things will change; the ‘political’ or ‘moral’ will reflect a different balance, or order.  

Eventually, the world order will change as it always does. Probably, as we see now, by peaceful peoples movements, and by the mere fact that Islam is almost the second largest religious group in the USA. These trends point to the fact that ideas and maybe norms are changing. Maybe it won’t be far off, when Muslims will feel like equal citizens in the West.

Finally, maybe Politics, as a means to a goal, will no longer be as important, or a powerful tool as it is now? Who knows, maybe people will have more freedom to do as they please without the government that provides all the necessary things, like water, electricity, sanitation, etc. ruling over the people like an autocracy; will become a smaller entity in a bigger picture. Maybe the government will actually work for us, instead of demanding more taxes (where you live).

Will there (have to) be no wars over oil? Will people feel safer everywhere, in their neighborhoods’, as well as during travel overseas? Will the “terror alerts” cease to be useful? (Not that they are useful now according to many people). This is all unlikely, but maybe it’s okay to hope; even necessary sometimes. I’m not really one of those wishful thinking people, and actually, having feet planted on the ground I feel safer, than pretending that everything is okay. At least, I don’t have to take anyone’s word for anything like little children sometimes do; ‘’everything will be all right’’.

And I’m not really an optimist, just a realist. Still the ball could roll either way, couldn’t it? Eventually, change happens, that’s definite.

But shouldn’t people try to make change go faster, because it would save the world a lot of grief if done properly and for the right reasons. Many people are worried about women and children around the globe. There are movements to get every woman the knowledge she needs to make informed decisions about birth control, family planning, and health issues. Regardless of the financial costs, this is what many people want FOR these women in poorer countries. West Africa is in the news recently in relation to these same issues. Anyone can read a blog about the issues, but being complex as they are, commenting haphazard about solutions is not productive. There is something called EQ. Like IQ, EQ, or emotional intelligence is even more important in succeeding in the workplace, and also important in relationships elsewhere. Spouses can use EQ to understand what the other’s point of view is, and really listen to find solutions to problems that would satisfy the other person, not only oneself.

If women don’t understand why they should space children apart in age, or why indeed they shouldn’t try to have as many children as possible, then selling them birth control, or abortion clinics, will be impossible. Just like the people movements happening in Arab countries, women have to want to do those things, but with an understanding that it is really what they want, and if it’s not, why would they accept someone else’s lording over them?

The emotional reactions people have when they first get an idea in their head, is just an “impulse” because the brainwaves go through the limbic system (where emotions rule), and move to the front of the brain where logic rests. If a person reacts quickly, he will say or do something, without considering the consequences, or if in fact he really believes his first reaction. Emotions are powerful motivators, but need to be tempered. You don’t have to act on every whim. The opposite is true too, that the brain doesn’t like change, and will very often resist it.